Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-301) and index.
Contents:
South American independence : war, liberty, gender, text -- Figuring out the feminine : the writings of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) -- Troped out of history : gender slippage and woman in the poetry of Andres Bello (1781-1865) -- Competing masculinities and political discourse : the writings of Esteban Echeverria (1805-51) -- Satirised woman and counter-strategies -- Women, war and Spanish American independence -- Women, letter-writing and the wars of independence in Chile -- Gender, patriotism and social capital : Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marin -- Gender and revolution in southern Brazil : restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas -- Juana Manso (1819-75) : women in history -- Conclusions: South America, gender, politics, text.
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